Do boys and girls from diverse cultural settings experience their transitions into adolescence? Their cultural differences don’t make a difference, but their genders do.
The design and colours of the bead work convey particular messages.
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Colourful glass beads and red blankets play an important role in Maasai culture. But their origins are surprising, and provide an interesting insight into cultural exchanges between Europe and Africa.
African universities can work towards decolonisation while championing the UN’s Agenda 2030.
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Universities play a major role in procuring the human and intellectual resources needed for fulfilling the various goals of the UN’s Agenda 2030.
Awareness and knowledge about rabies at a local level is key. This can help prevent bites and encourage people to get post-exposure treatment.
Sarah Cleaveland
The strategy to eliminate human rabies is straight forward: vaccinate dogs, provide prompt post-exposure vaccines, public education and awareness on prevention.
Tunisia’s players celebrate after defeating Angola to win the 2011 African Nation Championship in Khartoum.
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Kenya’s failure to ready itself for the 2018 African Nations Championship is bad for the tournament, African Football and the country. It also undermines the domestic leagues it’s intended to boost.
Lessons learnt from a flooding in the Indian state of Odisha has helped reduce casualties.
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Dian Spear, University of Cape Town dan Chandni Singh, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
There is increasing evidence from across many African and South Asian countries that contextual, timely climate information, helps farmers manage the risks they face.
A man lays out flattened fish for drying in the sun, near Lowarengak on the western shores of Lake Turkana, in Kenya.
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Historically low rainfalls have led to severe droughts in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. But various solutions exist to mitigate the social and economic impact.
An old coal-burning power plant in China.
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Amu Coal a Kenyan and Chinese consortium is set to build a coal plant in an area untouched by industrial development. The emissions alone will double the country’s energy sector’s CO2 emissions.
Witchcraft related beliefs pose serious human rights violations for people with Albinism.
An upcoming UN meeting on witchcraft and human rights in Geneva is set to focus on the rising attacks on Albinos and the trade of body parts in sub-Saharan African.
The pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
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The belief that ancient Egyptians needed help from supernatural beings to built the Giza pyramids relies, unavoidably, on racism and colonial attitudes.
Nana Akufo-Addo with the Sword of Authority as he is sworn in as Ghana’s 5th president in Accra.
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Until African political systems become less majoritarian and do a better job of protecting the rights of minorities, the true benefits of a democratic government are unlikely to be realised.
Antiretroviral drugs suppress the HIV virus and stop progression of the disease.
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Ethiopia’s GIBE III dam has been labelled the world’s most controversial dam due to environmental and social impacts and the displacement of indigenous people.
Kenya’s Supreme Court judges preside before delivering the judgment that nullified last month’s presidential election
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Kenya’s electoral commission faced many legal challenges before the general election, and yet another after the poll. But how will the Supreme Court’s historic ruling impact the country’s democracy?
The Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) in Kenya.
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A recent study shows how the number of vulnerable and endangered amphibians is nearly double that of birds or mammals. Strategies need to be put in place, and fast.
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga reacts after the Supreme Court declares the election invalid.
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Kenya’s Supreme Court landmark ruling has opened the door to robust conversation around the country’s nascent democracy, paving the way for rule of law and stronger institutions.
Kenya’s Supreme Court President and Chief Justice David Maraga (centre) nullified the presidential election.
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For decades, power in Kenya has lain with the government and administrative organisations that serve it. The Supreme Court’s decision calling for a new election suggests that this may have changed.